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New Bushings.. oval or round?

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Mavrick

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This is what all the places ask me.. do i have oval or round front lower control arm bushings?
 

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Round
 

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Thanks sureshot, whats the deal with the oval bushings? What year of car did they come on?

Ordering my urethane mounts soon! Any downsides to urethane mounts?
 

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most aftermarket bushing are ployurethane, i use solids however. And i have never heard of oval bushing, i just know what our cars have.
 

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Cool. Are solids more expensive than poly?
 

HISSIN50

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im with Mike - never heard of oval bushings up front. i dont recall even an option for such when i did the poly's up front. weird.
 

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Cool. Are solids more expensive than poly?
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Not really, just not intended for daily driven street duty. They are for drag applications, no binding or flex
 

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Cool.

BTW i started ripping the rear end apart, and my front lower control arm bushings are oval!!!
 
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